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A question deeply concerning married persons and such as intend to marry propounded and resolved according to the scriptures.
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improve his goods and servants for preventing the mischef Sol. As at first God made Eve a Gen. 2.18 a meet help for Adam so a man may possibly b Prov. 31.10 finde though rarely as Solomon intimateth a vertuous woman with graces more precious then pearls And as no small c 1 Pet. 3.7 honour is to be given of husbands to weaker vessels so richly fraughted so husbands that have such d Prov. 17.16 prices put into their hands to get or improve wisdome are branded for fools e Eccl. 4.9 if they have no hearts to use them For as f Prov. 31.12 two are better then one so sometimes the weaker vessel may hold staunch when the stronger may fail And when we read that the vertuous woman will do her husband good and not evil all the days of her life and that one of her vertues wherein she excelleth others is the g Prov. 31.26 Law of kindnesse in her tongue whereby she openeth her mouth with wisdome and that rebuke and conversion of a sinner from the errour of his way are h Lev. 19.17 〈◊〉 5.20 â—stâ—… 〈◊〉 love and as i Rom. 13.8 due debt to be rendred to every one much more to a husband from his wife what a k 1 Sam. 25. son of Bclial were he that would not be spoken unto by such a veâ—â—uous wife and especially like l 1 Pet. 3 6. Sarah who obeyed Abraham and called him Lord reverence from a m vâ—… 4. meek and quiet spirit shall attend the Law of kindnesse in hot tongue not daring contemptuously to crew over her husband like proud n 1 Pâ—… 21.7 Jezabel or contume liously to lash him with the o Iob 5.21 scourge of the tongue like scornfull p 2 Sam. 6.20 Michal which God q 1 Tim 5 〈◊〉 forbids in all inferiours towards their superiours And for the honour and comfort of vertuous wives we finde it written how Sarah informed her husband what was to be done with r Gen. 21.9 10 the bâ—â—dwoman and her sonne and how therein God commanded Abraham to Å¿ verse 11 12. hearken to the voice of his wife in all that she had said though the thing were very grievous in Abrahams sight because of his sonne Likewise Rebekah espying her husbands errour was a meet help to him t Gen. 27.5 whereby he conferred the blessing on Jacob according to u Gen. 25.23 Gods prediction though she â—aned in many circumstances And so the gracious Shanamite is registred not only for constraining the Prophet to eat bread as he passed by but also for x 1 Reg. 4.8 c. stirring up her husband to make speciall provision for the Prophets accommodation whereby she obtained the blessing of a sonne being before childlesse And Abigail a woman of great understanding how is she set forth and set up as a Crown to her foolish husband in y 1 Sam. 25 â— 14. c. taking and improving his goods and servants without his direction or consent whereby she saved him and his family from a mischief whereof he was insensible And how came the z ver 32 33. 〈◊〉 31.10 and 12.4 blessing of David upon her and her advice which kept him that day from shedding bloud And Nabals may be their names and folly is with them that give not due honour to such vertuous wives whose price is far above rubies and who are Crowns to their husbands Object 2. But may not a Maid a Widow especially before Marriage in discretion reserve something to be in her power and disposition after she shall be a Wife and that for good to her Husband to help him at a need or to help her former Children or other Saints of God Sol. Concerning her former Children or other Saints she was to z Tim. 5.8 provide for them while things were in a Acts 5.5 her own power but if being wife she withhold her obedience to God and subjection to her husband under such pretences she must know that b 1 Sam. 15.22 obedience is better then sacrifice and that c ver 23. rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft and if she wilfully persist to reject the word of the Lord God will reject her from being a daughter of Sarah For what is this but to kick at Gods Ordinance as d 1 Sam. 2.29 Ely and his sons kicked at Gods sacrifices and to e Mat. 10.37 honour and love her Children and Saints above God as Ely did his sons f Eze. 14.4 And what is that but to set up her Children and Saints as Idols in her heart and her stubbornnesse in this kinde will be no lesse then g 1 Sam. 15.23 as iniquity and idolatry Secondly Concerning her pretended discretion and goodnesse towards her husband she must learn that God hath coupled the h Tit. 2.5 discretion and goodnesse of a wife unto subjection to her husband And therefore so long as she refuseth subjection she can never approve her self unto God to be a discreet or good wife Nay whiles under colour of discretion and goodnesse she withdrawes her subjection and makes a divorce betwixt those duties which God hath coupled together she i Psal 73.27 goeth a whoring from God in withdrawing her heart from him and not k Prov. 3.5 6. trusting in him with all her heart nor acknowledging him in all her wayes but leaning to her own understanding And thus missing Gods l ver 6. direction she goeth the high way to m Psal 73.27 destruction This discretion therefore is not n Iac. 3.15 the wisdome from above but is earthly sensuall and devilish witnesse the o ver 14 16. bitter envying and strife that appeareth in such wives when they are therein gainsaid instead of that p 1 Pet. 3.4 meek and quiet spirit which should be in them and which is in the sight of God of great price Object 3. But what if after she become a Wife she without her husbands knowledge or consent put over such things as she before reserved in her own power to some other godly men in trust to be kept and disposed by them as they shall see good Sol. This is to q Isa 59.5 hatch Cockatrice eggs and to weave the Spiders web and r 29.15 woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsell from the Lord and their works are in the dark And is not this to Å¿ Isa 5.18 draw iniquity with cords of vanity and sinne as with cart-ropes For though these and such like Conveyances may be strong as cartropes to hold such as use them t 2 Tim. 2.26 captives in the devils snare yet they will prove but cords of vanity yea weaker then vanity it self to draw away the u Isa 5.21 woes and * Jer. 17.5 curses that hang over the heads of such who are prudent in their own sight and whose hearts depart